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Sri Vidya Meditation
SRI VIDYA
MEDITATION
Contents
Sri Vidya Meditation Part 1
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
The story of Lord Siva
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Chapter 3
The Way of Silence
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Chapter 4
Which Mantra ?
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Chapter 5
Pranayama or Breath exercise
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Chapter 6
A note of warning
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Chapter 7
The practice of Omkar Meditation
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Contents
Sri Vidya Meditation Part 2
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Chapter 1
Introduction
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Chapter 2
What we need to know before
we begin our practise
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Chapter 3
Sri Vidya Meditation
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Chapter 4
Spiritually charging your mind
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SRI VIDYA MEDITATION
Part 1
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Introduction
India has various cults and creeds. Hinduism is
more a League of Religions than a single religion with a
definite creed. The traditional Indian schools of
Philosophy that are known as darsana or realization and
are: The Advaitha, Dvaitha, Visishtadvaitha, Nyaya,
Vaiseshika, Sankhya, Yoga, Purva Mimamsa, Vedanta and
the Saiva Siddhanta. Hinduism has, within its fold, various
traditions like Ganapatyam, Kowmaram, Saivism,
Saktism, Vaishnavism and Sowram. The Ganapathya
expresses the ultimate truth, that the creator lord Ganesha
was the cause of creation. The Kowmaram understands
the life as winning over the evils. Saivam explains the
concept of the five elements and the path of meditation.
Sowram worships the solar energy as the Supreme Being.
But, Sri Vidya is known as Brahma Vidya, which is the
non-dualistic advaitha philosophy, Athma Vidya - the
great realization of the Athma. Maha Vidya means the
great one and Sri Vidya, is the ultimate knowledge that
one can realize.
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One-day Lord Siva was at His Celestial assembly
surrounded by Divine music and dance. Then Brahma
entered with Lord Skanda, the child God and the second
son of Siva. Brahma said; His Majesty, I have by your
orders started to educate your son. At the start of the
Holy day when I was doing the first lesson of OMKAR,
suddenly Skanda held my hands and requested me to advise
him about the meaning of the OM. I some how
wondered about this boy who is not even capable of
producing the basic scripts but tends to know about the
meaning of the great OM. But he knew more than me
and scolded me very badly and I was right to be afraid of
him because he had suffocated the great demon,
Tharakasura within seven days of his birth, so I
explained to him the various nuances of Omkar in its
twelve thousand variables. When he listened to this,
however, he made fun of me saying, Brahma, you dont
know! But my lord, I am highly ignorant about the Omkar
and its twelve thousand meanings and therefore kindly
seek your help to educate Him about the eternal substance
DHIRGA PRANAVA or the basic rhythm of all lives!
Siva wondered at the intelligence of His son, so
taught Omkar in one hundred and twenty thousand ways.
Listening to his teaching however, it was Skanda who
replied, Reverend Father, it was actually my mistake to
have said that Brahma was the only one who does not
know about the meaning of Om; because you also do not
know!, He also giggled while he was saying this.
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The way of silence
Find a place of quiet and sit on the floor with your
legs crossed, or with the legs in half lotus; that is with one
leg pulled up onto the opposite thigh or if you can manage
it sit in the full lotus position. Do not worry if you can not
do this immediately, it will come with practice. For now
the important thing is to be as comfortable as you can.
Keep your back straight, so that the spine is upright.
Be quiet. Let all sounds of speech, the voice of
the radio, T.V, fan and others, be put off for a while. Have
a phase of just silence and listen carefully to those sounds
which echo around you: the sounds from trucks on the
road, the noises coming to you from the neighbours, the
sound of an aircraft up in the sky, etc., Listen, listen keenly
and observe those you listen to. Now further listen to
those voices, which are quieter and more distant. Try to
concentrate and travel with those voices and try and listen
to that which is the furthest away.
Observe all these things while sitting in a lotus
position and close your eyes. Now all the voices have
stopped and there is no sound at all. It is the silence of the
void; even then there is no absolute silence! Beyond all
the voices and the silence, there is something which vibrates
in the form of mm.m Where does it come from?
It is the holy OM which is eternally vibrating
around us in the universe. What holy voice is it? When
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will find its origin as well as its goal and the Sadhana or
practice will rightly co-travel with us even after we depart
from our physical bodies, we will finally merge ourselves
with it and it would lead us to fix within the Siva Tatva
(Tatva-philosophy).
Omkar can be chanted as a short expression as
OM or as a long note O.O.O.M. This is called
DHIRGA PRANAVA Mantra. One who practices it for
three hundred and sixty million times will merge with the
Omnipotent who is also the base for creation, protection
and destruction.
Omkar cannot be controlled by present, past or
future. It does not have time or space. The Panchabuthas
or five sources of energy are bound to it. One who controls
all five senses and concentrates on Omkar will attain
Moksha EMANCIPATION. He/she will not be
controlled by either present, past or future or by time and
space. That is the reason why any yagna or practice of
mantra is always preceded by chanting Om. The Gayatri
mantra also naturally begins with the DHIRGA
PRANAVA, Om.
It is the divine Ganges that washes away all sins,
for the one who confesses and surrenders totally before
the great Omkar. The Omnipresent, which is known either
as Mahasakthi, Easwar, Bhagavan, Narayan, and Christ
or Allah has no forms and end. Let us assume Omkar,
as a tiny mustard seed at the beginning of the birth of the
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Which mantra?
Gayatri mantra is the mother of all mantras. It is
the sole force to get rid of our sins and purify our souls.
When one practices it with a pure heart and good
concentration it gives high benefits. Since, the Gayatri
mantra is made up of Uma the form of energy, Lakshmi
the form of riches and Saraswathi the form of wisdom,
the mantra will render energy, riches and wisdom.
Om Bhoor! Om Bhuva! Om Suvaha! Om Maha!
Omkar is earth! It is Bhuvar Loka! It is Swarga or heaven!
It is also makar loka!......
Om Jana! Om Thaba! Om Sathyam!
Omkar is Jana Loka!
It is Thapo Loka!
It is also Sathya Loka!
Om Bhur Bhuvasuvaha Tat
Savithur Varenyam
Bargo Devasya Dheemahi
Dhiyoyona Prachodayat.!
The Gayatri Mantra, which is also known as the
Guru Mantra, is the most important mantra in the Hindu
Scriptures. Its recitation and meditation ends all sufferings
and miseries and brings success and beatitude. If a person
only recited this one mantra all day and night, he need not
resort to any other form of mantra, and for those people
who desire knowledge, understanding and an intellect that
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frail vessel.
Samaveda is also bound to Omkar like the Rig
Veda. The methodology of it is explained in both. The
Chandukya Upanishat hails that the practice of Omkar
will give the result which cannot be given by any worship
or fire ritual to a sadaka (one who practices Omkar
meditation). It highlights that if one has just started to
think about Omkar they will soon attain spiritual powers.
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Pranayama or breath exercise
This is made up of three parts: Inhale Puraka,
breath intact Kumbaka and exhale Reshaka. When it
takes place at the left hemisphere it is Idakala and at the
right it is Pingala. The function at the right, on behalf of
the heat is called Suryakala and the left because it is cold,
is known as chandrakala. The inbetween stage is
Sukshama or sambu nadi (the neutral one). It is the stage
where the mind should settle at the identity with great
energy. When we practice this breath exercise both the
mind and physical instincts can be controlled. SOHAM
is the term used for inhaling the breath and HAMSA for
exhaling which respectively means God within, and also
we are with God. Inhaling is Sakthi that is life, exhaling
is Siva that is the end. Kumbaka is creation that is Brahma.
When we begin to chant Omkar, all of these
functions of Puraka, Kumbaka and Reshaka start
operating. We tend rush about in our daily lives going
from one thing to another, the result being a loss in vitality,
we feel tired, we become ill very easy, it makes our
breathing faster. Fast breathing will only result in the loss
of energy and short life. The practice will also give one
good health and a long life. The practitioner will attain
Moksha: the liberation. Through Omkar one can
separate the body and the soul and also can extend the life
span more than one hundred years.
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A note of warning
Mantras are of four kinds. Sidha, suchida, satya
and ari; the classification rightly falls on the basis of their
result giving nature. Sidha is the one, which gives a result
after chanting it for a certain time. A few mantras will
yield a result after one has chanted it for one thousand and
eight times, a few mantras will yield a result after a hundred
thousand and eight times, and a few will give results after
five hundred thousand times, etc. Suichida is the one,
which gives an immediate result; and only a master should
properly initiate it. Satya is the one to be chanted endlessly
until it gives a result. A few mantras will give negative
results if they are pronounced wrongly! These are called
Ari. This way of the art of learning about mantras, their
suitability at responding to individuals is known as
Siddharikoshta. Masters researching on the basis of
this method initiate mantras, and the right decision is made
on individual disciples to teach the respective mantras.
Nowadays, people tend to practice mantras
through learning from spiritual magazines, books or just
by willingness. This is an unlawful practice. One may
lose their energy by shouting mere words; or to the diabolic
extent will have negative results. But, Omkar is beyond
all doubts, that anyone can practice it. It is beyond caste,
creed, religion or language. Omkar is the prime source of
all mantras.
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The practice of Omkar Meditation
How does one practice Omkar meditation? One
has to choose a place where constant worship is done, get
up by four O Clock in the morning, complete ones routine,
and after having taken a bath should sit in the lotus position
to practice. Or at least if one can not manage the lotus
position use the half lotus position or sit cross-legged as
mentioned earlier. Do not worry if you can not do this
immediately, it will come with practice.
There are four various forms of Omkar: Krusva,
Dirgha, Plutah and Apyayana, from which Plutah, the
third is explained: Inhale and chant Omkar while it has to
linger like taking a gulp of water or swallowing it.
Hence, the breath can mix with the natural energy
existing in and around us and the mind will settle in peace.
We will be moving towards success if we practice this
without fail every day. One has to practice Omkar for
twenty seven times, daily. Then the number of times we
recite it has to increase from 108 to 1008 gradually. When
we practice this for at least 108 times daily, several changes
will manifest in us. If we complete chanting Om for ninety
million times we can attain one of the Panchabutas. When
the first cycle is complete - earth, can be won. In the
second - water can be tamed. In the consequent cycles
other energies, fire, air and sky can be won. When
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SRI VIDYA MEDITATION
Part 2
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Sri Vidya meditation is a specially designed method
to re-program your mind towards conscious being. You
have to only spend a little time daily, but those minutes
will make a remarkable change in your life. It has three
parts and they are:
1.
2.
3.
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What we need to know before we begin our
practise
Before trying to start Sri Vidya meditative
techniques, it is necessary to understand the mighty
Kundalini energy found (hidden and inherent) in our own
body. It is Kundalini, the serpent power (female energy)
of the mother Goddess, in the form of a snake, coiled in
three and a half turns, waiting to wake up at the root chakra
to reach and unite with the ultimate male energy at theCrown.
Kundalini means energy in the form of a coiled
snake in three and a half turns. Kunda means coiled.
Kundalini is also called or known as Bhujangini Serpent
power. The three coils represent the three-root characters:
Sattva Truth, purity and equilibrium the non-moving
nature of the Universe. Rajas The Kinetic power of the
universe - the moving nature of the Universe, and Tamas
The power of Inertia, the lower of the three gunas, the
constituents of Prakrithi, or material nature- the neutral
nature of the Universe. Half a turn represents the
beginning status of vikritis the modification of Prakrithi
or material nature. This indicates the transcendence of
the soul from ignorance to the great light of realization.
There are six basic energy centres namely; - Earth
centre, Water centre, Fire centre, Air centre, Sky centre,
Conscious mind centre, and Sub-Conscious mind centre,
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Earth Centre:
(Root or Base centre)
MOOLADHARA CHAKRA (for Adhara Chakra):
(Sacral) Sacro-Coccygeal Plexus
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Fire Centre:
(Naval or Nabhi Centre)
MANIPURAKA CHAKRA:
(Solar Plexus)
Air Centre:
(Heart Centre)
ANAHATHA CHAKRA:
(Cardiac Plexus)
Sky Centre :
(Throat Centre)
VISHUDHI CHAKRA:
(Laryngeal Plexus)
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Sri Vidya Meditation
Sri Vidya meditation practice may be treated as
the Masters level in meditation. Next to that, we can
reach the self-realization stage, the ultimate goal of life.
The dynamics of the mind is the basis of human life: Then
follows the Mind, Intellect, Conviction and Ego. The base
centre is only the site of a sign in the last of the ribs (the
above rib itself is in the shape of a triangle). As a matter
of fact, if we carry out a surgical operation, it will be
impossible to physically identify any part of the body as
the base centre or the brow centre. One is not able to
identify and isolate something as the mind of man, life or
spirit. In the same way, the centres also cannot be isolated
and identified. However, these are the sites where the allpervasive life, mind intellect and spirit are supposed to
dwell and take their roles.
They are like important intermediate junctions like
when you travel in a train. These centres of movements
of energy cannot be compared to the physiological parts
of the body like the brain, heart or lungs. They are different
anatomy in that these spiritual energy centres are subtle
and invisible. With this fundamental understanding, let us
proceed to study the nature of spiritual mind power
practice.
The Masters of Sri Vidya meditation affirms that
the spiritual energy lies in the shape of a spiralled serpent
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Spiritually charging your mind:
Step 1:
Then remain in a state of absolute silence for three
minutes. As you are doing this you will perceive a dot of
light at the centre between your eyebrows. It is that dot
of golden light that will henceforth direct all your activities.
Step 2:
The Mooladhara Chakra:
Breathing in quickly, imagine that a dot of red light
meets your base centre, performing at the same time, the
act of contracting and expanding the anus in rapid
succession five times (Aswini Mudra). Now you are
subtly at the base centre. Now form a position with your
hands, and bring both the hands together, keeping them
tightly against the lower abdomen, and keeping both the
hands in Chin Mudra. Now chant at the base the
OMmantra 12 times. Now the red dot of light wakes
up the Kundalini and makes it begin to rise upward.
Step 3:
The Swathishtana Chakra:
After a brief while, raise your hand position to
Swathistana and concentrate between the abdomen and
navel and feel the spiritual Kundalini energy reach the water
centre. Now chant the OM mantra, 12 times once again
at this centre.
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Step 4:
The Manipuraka Chakra:
After a brief while, raise your hand position to
Manipuraka and concentrate against your navel and feel
the arrival of the kundalini at the fire centre. Chant the
OM mantra 12 times at this fire centre.
Step 5:
The Anahatha Chakra:
After a brief while, raise your hand position to the
Anahatha with Namskara or prayer Mudra and bring
your mind against the chest, the abode of the air centre.
You will feel the brilliance of the spiritual energy at this
centre. Chant the OM mantra, 12 times.
Step 6:
The Vishudhi Chakra:
After a brief while, raise your hand position to the
Vishudhi Chakra with the Namskara or prayer Mudra
and bring your concentration to the throat area, the abode
of the sky centre. You will feel the brilliance of spiritual
energy at this centre. Chant OM mantra 12 times.
Step 7:
The Agna Chakra:
After a brief while, raise your hand position to the
Agna Chakra with the Namskara or prayer Mudra and
bring your attention to the centre between your eyebrows,
and experience the dominating pleasure and brilliance of
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